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Rick Whitlow was a black Republican running for mayor of Jackson. Despite this, the state GOP establishment turned their backs on him and supported Frank Melton, who claimed to be a Democrat.

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On the night of June 24, state Sen. Chris McDaniel took the podium from his fellow Mississippi state legislator Michael Watson after results came in for the Republican primary run-off …

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